Once Upon a Time in the North

Resumen del libro

A mesmerising episode from the universe of His Dark Materials and The Book of Dust, giving us an extraordinary insight into this world and its characters. When Lyra is studying at Oxford University, she comes across the story of Lee Scoresby and Iorek Byrnisson's first meeting, many years ago, along with much evidence of the adventure that brought them together. She discovers that when a young Texan balloonist Lee came down to earth in the harbour of an Arctic town in the North, little did he realise that he is about to be caught in a war between the residents of the town and the huge arctic bears that also live there.

And when Lee meets one of these bears - Iorek - for the first time, they cement a friendship that will continue throughout their lives, as the tensions in the town threaten to erupt ... Another wonderful tale from a master story-teller, which includes beautiful illustrations and maps.

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;p x{0026}lt;b Philip Pullmanx{0026}lt;/b . Norwich, Inglaterra. 19 de octubre de 1946. Estudió en el Exeter College de Oxford. Tras una novela de ciencia ficción publicada en 1978 decidió especializarse por fin en la novela infantil y juvenil mientras trabajaba para el Westminster College de Oxford. Su primer gran éxito le llegó en 1995 con la publicación de x{0026}lt;b x{0026}lt;i La brújula doradax{0026}lt;/i x{0026}lt;/b , primera parte de una serie de gran éxito en todo el mundo y que fue llevada al cine.x{0026}lt;/p x{0026}lt;p A lo largo de su carrera, x{0026}lt;b Pullmanx{0026}lt;/b ha recibido numerosos premios, como la x{0026}lt;b Carnegie Medalx{0026}lt;/b , el x{0026}lt;b Premio Guardian de Literatura Infantil y Juvenilx{0026}lt;/b o el x{0026}lt;b Memorial Astrid Lindgrenx{0026}lt;/b .x{0026}lt;/p